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RANGE Filed March 23, 1928 Patented Dec. 31, 1929 Units ra'rns PATENT 7 Friar.

GEORGE E. PICKUP, OF NEWARK, OHIO, ASSTGNOR TO THE WEHRLE. COIVLPANY, OF

NEWARK, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO i RAN GE Application filed March 2a, 1928] Serial No. 264,156.

or enameled uniformly therewith to provide two separated door openings. Considerable di'liiculty has been experienced with this style of construction because the bar is generally directly in line with the oven burner so that the flame from the oven burner coming in 1 contact with the oven bottom forces the heat to the front of the stove and makes the cross bar the hottest part of the front. This causes warping of the bar together with chipping and crackingof the enamel.

It is the general object of the invention to provide an improved range front which eliminates this disadvantageous feature of present constructions.

It is another object of the invention to provide a range front in which a flat transverse center bar is positioned flush with the recessed door receiving portion ofthe frame.

It is a further object of the invention to provide such a front construction permitting the use of an unfinished transverse bar normally, substantially covered by the oven and broiler doors.

1 Further objects and advantages of the invention will be understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an oven and broiler front illustrating the preferred form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the front shown in Fig. 1.

As illustrated herein, the invention, in the form chosen for purposes of disclosure, contemplates a rectangular metal frame 1 embodied in the front construction of an oven and broiler for a range (not shown). This frame is recessed as at 2 along the inner edge thereof, the recessed portion being provided to receive an oven door 3 anda broiler door 50 4 therein. The broiler door is preferably hinged to the frame along its lower edge as at 5 and oven door may be similarly hinged to the frame as at 6. The raised portion 1 of the frame is generally enamelled as heretofore.

A transverse or center bar 7 is preferably formed integrally with the frame 1 and provided with a front flat surface 8 positioned flush with the recessed portion 2 of the frame. With this construction the transverse bar, in conjunction with the ledge formed by the recessed portion. of the frame, forms an abutment surface for the doors 3 and 4: when the doors are closed. By positioning the doors so that the lower edge 9 of the upper door 3 and the upper edge 10 of the lower door 4 are closely adjacent each other, the transverse bar, even if not enameled similarly to the frame 1, does not detract from the appearance of the front, the bar being substantially hidden by the doors when they are closed. Thus the center bar need not be enameled and can be finished in a manner such that the excess heat along this portion of the front has no detrimental effect on the outward appearance of the range. The space between the two doors may be approximately as wide as the 7 space around the other sides of the doors so as to form a uniform border.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an oven and broiler door construction for gas ranges, the combination of a rectangular frame recessed along its inner edge, a center bar flush with the recessed portion of the frame, a broiler door hinged tothe lower edge of the frame arranged when closed to fit in the lower portion of the recessed part with its upper edge abutting said bar and an oven door fitted in the upper portion of the recessed part of the frame with its lower edge closely adjacent the upper edge of the broiler door.

2. An oven and broiler construction for gas rangescomprising, in combination, a rectangular frame having a recessed portion along its inner edge, broiler and oven doors fitted one above the other in the recessed portion of the frame and a transverse bar rigid with the frame positioned flush with the re-- 

